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Although I can count myself to those people who have been able to secure best seat tickets for the premiere of “New Moon” it is not Edward Cullen who keeps me dreaming and fantasizing nowadays but it is his vampire colleague Mr Damon Salvatore played by Ian Somerhalder in the CW’s “Vampire Diaries“ Ever since his dance with Vicky two episodes ago I haven’t been able to get him out of my head. He is so hot and I can totally see the good in him hidden behind all that evil and yes - he killed Stefan’s best friend Lexie tonight but he did that in order to lead the authorities away from him and Stefan. I’m not saying it’s not a shame. Lexie brought a new dynamic into the show. For one - she was totally able to kick Damon’s ass - which was hot. Stefan was laughing for a change and she sort of helped Elena put things into perspective with her and Stefan loving each other and all. Did I mention that he is so hot?? The thing is I never heard of the actor before Vampire Diaries. I knew he played in “Lost” but I never saw that and he didn’t seem to be that well-known. This week while my mother was attaching new shelves to my wall I paused last week’s episode where Elena comes to ask Stefan about Vicky and Damon gets the door. I just stared at his face for an hour or so. And the dance scene with Vicky - watched that like 80 times and made my friends watch it - even those who don’t even watch the show. I also bought both the original Depeche Mode version of “Enjoy the silence” as well as the cover by Anberlin on Itunes. Yeah I know I’m crazy that way. The Damon/Vicky dance scene was the hottest thing I have seen on TV in a long long time. Seriously. I was a little bummed that they killed Vicky off. It sort of annoys me that they keep killing off hot young vampire girls. What’s the female name for vampire? Vampirette? Hm. It’s time for some sexual tension involving Damon. I could see that happen with Vicky but I was denied that pleasure. I’m even beginning to hope that Damon might hook up with Elena. They have some serious on-screen chemistry but as he said himself in this week’s episode her self-righteousness and her preference of Stefan seem to come in the way of that. Well I’ll just keep staring at my screen shot or watch this week’s hot episode again.
Let’s stay on the topic of hotness shall we. While I’m not specifically invested in the character of Alex Kurev on Greys Anatomy - I like him but thats that - it was so hot to see him cradling that prematurely born baby without his shirt. Sitting there all night without his shirt. Sooo cute and really hot. When Bailey mentioned that she could see him specializing in peds I recalled that he had always had a thing for peds. Remember when Addison was still running that department. I recall him being there almost all the time. While we’re talking Greys - I’m wondering what they have in stock for Mere. I mean she’s been lying in various beds for some time now and she’s getting better and bigger as she mentioned today so where will she go once she’s on maternity leave. She might be going to a health resort possibly even together with her father. Haven’t heard how he’s doing in a while. Apart from Kurev’s hotness the episode today was fine. Not the best there’s been this season but fine. I totally felt for Christina when she performed the surgical procedure on that girl’s heart - the mushroom smoking off the roof falling girl with the 50 fractures.. She must be so frustrated sometimes not being able to perform cardiologic surgeries they way she did when working with Burke. And to still confront Hunt and apologize for overstepping was pretty big of her. I’m sort of torn when it comes to Hunt. I know there’s a whole community of Owen/Christina lovers out there but I must confess that I don’t really like him that much. Can’t explain it. It’s just the way it is. I even hoped that Christina would make out with that Ex Mercy West doc - the one with the gorgeous eyes - but she didn’t since she obviously likes Hunt more than I do.
But I must say - nowadays my love rests safely with with one Damon Salvatore…
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Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, twilight, Vampire Diaries | November 6th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
Hello again. I’ve become obsessed about reading reviews on www.tripadvisor.com. I’m planning this trip to Virginia, North and South Carolina and there are so many hotels that I’m totally caught with reading the reviews about all of them. Everytime I think I’ve finally found the perfect hotel I find something that doesn’t fit and I have to start all over again. Although reading the reviews of other travellers is so much fun it is also time consuming. So one evening I’ve been doing research on Myrtle Beach for hours (there are so many hotels!!!) and then I had the strangest dream. I had a little pet cockroach called “Mertle” which I held very dear and took for walks… until my mother squashed it with some sort of box. In the morning I concluded that this dream was the result of reading to many Myrtle beach reviews and some complaints about bed bugs… I know I should quit but at least I booked one hotel already. Yeah
Ok now to more important issues. Last week we all watched the Greys Anatomy finale consisting of two episodes. The first called “Here’s to the future” and the second one named “Now or Never” Since there are 1 Million recaps online already (I know I’m sooo slow) I just wanted to comment on my favorite parts and what I liked/disliked about this finale. First of all we all have to wait 5 months until we know if and who will survive. George and/or Izzy. We all know Shonda Rhimes had planned something like this but I was seriously surprised when the Guy who had pushed that Girl out of the way of the bus turned out to be George. I didn’t even get it when he made Meredith write “007″ on a piece of paper. Yeah I know totally dumb of me. I was like “why I Meredith getting so upset over this guy?” Well anyway he crashed in the end and so did Izzy and now we wait.
I loved this week’s guest appearances. First Liza Weil - yey! I haven’t seen her since Gilmore Girls and she was awesome. She played a fellow cancer patient of Izzie who was at SG to get her Cancer therapy (I forgot the name of the treatment) which apperently worked more succesfully than surgery - at least until epiosde 2 where she crashed and made Izzie change her mind about having surgery. I thought she was perfect and she had enough lines to remind us of how much we missed her. Although she was of course much nicer and pleasant than Paris in GG so that was a change.
Then we got to see (and hear!) Zach Gilford a.k.a Matt Saracen from Friday Night Lights and I noticed that the guy could actually talk and everything and everyone that comes from FNL is automatically adored by me. He was a patient who had a pain syndrome in the leg (welcome to the club) and wanted it amputated so that he could return to Irak to resume his work there. He was also an important character since he made Owen think that maybe he too should return to Irak until Christina told him what she thought of that and George had the idea to enlist in the army and work in Irak as a doctor which resulted in several other scenes - interventions, dead George, Callie and Arizona fighting etc.
Debra Mooney was also a guest character but I don’t really know her so we’re skipping her. Last but not least there was Shannon Lucio (Lindsay from The O.C. - Since I still love and miss The O.C. and although her time with the show was rather short I was happy to see her. I loved the short hair. Much better! She was the girl George had saved from the bus. She hadn’t paid much attention to him when he had smiled at her at a traffic light and then he had saved her from the bus and she was so overwhelmed by this that she figured he must be her knight in shining armour and that she loved him. ( I thought only I was so disillusioned, well) So she waited by his side until he crashed. They would have made such a cute couple. I don’t like that George is leaving the show - if he’s leaving the show.
I liked Bailey’s storylines - in the first part where the Chief (a.k.a Santa) shows off his new surgical robot and lets Bailey do a few surgeries with it. She was so excited and happy which we don’t get to see too often so it was hilarious to watch her. He did this of course to lure her away from peds what for a short moment worked. But then Arizona countered by showing Bailey a child that had survived a difficult treatment and surgery and was now getting better. In the end that was was Bailey needed to see. In the second part she received the fellowship for peds and the Chief had signed it off and all was fine but suddenly Bailey hesitated. It turned out that Tucker ( her husband) had given her an ultimatum - him or the fellowship. Aww I want a husband like that - don’t we all? Anyway Bailey confessed to the Chief that the decision was clear but that she had to get used to the fact that she was going to be a single working mom. I loved this scene.
Also smartly written was how Izzie only partially regained her memory after the surgery and somehow her short-term memory was shot. She kept forgetting what people were telling her and Alex plastered her whole room with post-it’s with possible answers to her questions and other facts. I thought that was really cute. Towards the end Alex from all the stress had a short blackout and Izzie and he fought and he sort of told her that he wouldn’t have married her if he hadn’t thought that she was going to die. Then they waited for her to forget which she didn’t and until she crashed some time later everyone thought she was going to be fine. She made up with Alex of course and I liked Christina’s smirk when she realized Izzie hadn’t forgotten. I like Christina a lot right now. She’s shown a more human side during the last episodes and that suits the character well.
Oh yes and Derek and Meredith weren’t able to get married again with Izzie dying and all but at least they got to say their vows to each other which was really quite touching. Will they ever make it to the altar or at least to city hall? We won’t know anything for the next five months and so
We wait!
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Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life | May 20th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
Finale weeks have started. While it’s still relatively cold for May and summer still seems quite a bit away the sommer break for most of our network shows is just around the corner. I watched the season finales of House and Brothers and Sisters yesterday and both were quite good whereas I thought the House episode was definately more finale worthy than Brothers & Sisters.
After last weeks episode were House detoxes with the help of Cuddy and Amber finally disappears Cuddy and House make out. This week’s finale begins with House being all happy and vicodine-free which actually made me happy and apparently that was way too much happiness for the show so viewers knew something bad was going to happen or as NY Times’ Ginia Bellafante names it “Never give a sucker a happy ending” (awesome artivle btw). During a complicated scene towards the end of the episode Cuddy mentions House’s behaviour the night before but doesn’t mention her going home with him to help him detox. They argue and somehow House realizes he’s had one big drug-induced hallucination about detoxing and making out with Cuddy all done within 12 hours. With this realization comes Amber who is back as well since he never quit the vicodine. This all results in a big breakdown. There was a big “Ahaaaaaaaa” in the room when I finally understood what was happening. That his mind is playing these kind of games with him and the fact that Amber is annoying him once again makes House finally do the step and with Wilson’s help get’s himself institutionalized. This is fine by me - fits perfectly into the schedule - he can stay there for the next four months since we won’t be seeing him anyway.
I loved the last three episodes of Gossip Girl. Blair und Nate’s relationship didn’t last much longer and in this week’s Prom episode Blair realized that Nate would always stay her High-School boyfriend which apparently was something she wasn’t happy with. Chuck in the meantime was determined to turn Blair’s Prom into an unforgettable experience while it first seemed as if he were boycotting her. I’m with Tim Stack on www.ew.com that while it was sort of cute that Chuck was all for making Blair the Prom Queen the evil and tortured Chuck should always shine through and he should not turn all mushy over his love for Blair. Don’t get me wrong - I love their spark and I totally want them to get together already. This episode named “Valley Girls”also served as the pilot of the much discussed Gossip Girl spin-off and in several flashbacks we were introduced into the world of Lily Rhodes (Now Lily Bass). Brittany Snow totally reminds me of the actress who plays Arizona on Greys Anatomy don’t you think so? Furthermore I was both glad and sad to see Ryan Hansen and Krysten Ritter of Veronica Mars appear as Lily’s sister Carol and her boyfriend Shep. I’m still in mourning for Veronica Mars. Loved the soundtrack of the pilot also.
I also loved the previous episodes with the return of Georgina Sparks and Chuck and Blair combining forces in order to first save Serena from Gabriel and then to make Poppy responsible for her criminal actions. My favorite part was when Nate tried to make Blair ride the subway and her reaction to it. I could totally relate. I just prefer my car and don’t get me started on all the germs and the smells… During the two episodes Trachtenberg transforms from hilariously saved back to bad girl Georgina. Where did she go in this week’s episode? Did I miss something? Last week there was a Gossip Girl party at a night club here in the city and I really wanted to go but then I thought that probably I would be the only one over 20 to be there and apart from that I really couldn’t mobilize any of my friends to go out after 11 pm on a week night. So too bad but what are you going to do? Well watch the show. Can’t wait for next week’s finale!
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Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, Veronica Mars, House, Brothers & Sisters, Gossip Girl | May 13th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
It’s Monday and I would like to trade my car for a new C30 Volvo and yes the car did come to my attention when watching Twilight for the first time and no I don’t just want it because Edward has one in the movie. It just is such an elegant and fast little car and I would speed through the city not caring about the other cars or the police arresting me. My friend recently commented that I am the only one of her friends that would buy a car just because it had looked good when being driven by a vampire in a movie. I think she’s exaggerating just a little but 
Have you seen the newest Harry Potter trailer? I have and it is just so awesome. I must admit with all this Twilight hype going on my excitement about the new Harry Potter movie in July wasn’t really at its peak yet but when I watched the trailer everything came back. And boy there seem to be some really great scenes although I couldn’t quite assign half of the scenes on the trailer to the respective part in the book. I can’t wait to see all the characters back in action. I think I should read the books though and watch all the movies just to be prepared. Such an exciting time!
I’ve been watching The Tudors on Showtime and is it just me or does anyone else not get what’s happening with those riots and all those people demonstrating against King Henry? I’m feeling a little stupid and perhaps should watch it all over. The second episode of the season reminded me a little of my history lessons back in school. I always tried to pay attention and then I usually caught myself thinking about what I was going to watch on TV that night and what I was going to eat while watching TV and so on. That was sort of what happened with The Tudors. I really like the scenes with Henry and his wife because I like the actress that plays Queen Jane - I think her name is Annabelle Walis - and I thought Jonathan Rhys Meyers looked really sexy lying on his bed with that wound on his leg. Here also I do not have the slightest idea what that is and how he got it. Must have missed it. But still - can’t wait to watch the recorded third episode tonight.
And some more news of the day: Ellen Pompeo is pregnant. It should be interesting how they work her pregnancy into the show. As long as she stays on the show I’m good. You never know with Greys…
Have a good one.
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Greys Anatomy, Movies, Books, twilight, Harry Potter | April 20th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
Finally Friday. A short week is coming to an end. I had the best dream. I was hanging out with my friends and there was this castle and we were all dancing somewhere inside of it when the sister of my friend just picked up this guy for me. He was totally perfect and we spent the whole day together and I’ve never seen his face before. It was sort of magical. But at least now I know how he looks like when I see him… And no I’ve not seen another episode of The Tudors and therefore am dreaming of castles and I also do not see any connection between my dream and the novels of The Black Dagger Brotherhood I am presently reading. This was purely coincidental and a premonition so to speak. I saw on the Specials part of the Twilight DVD that Stephenie Meyer had a dream of the characters that later turned out to be Edward and Bella lying on the meadow and that was what gave her the impulse to write Twilight. Quoting her on her homepage: ” I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire…” She began writing the chapter where they spend the day on the meadow and then wrote the first part about how they got there and then the second part about what happened then. And look how it turned out: Four successful books (with Midnight Sun hopefully five) and one Blockbuster Movie with New Moon on the way. This just to clarify what meanings a dream can have. I will now keep my eyes open especially in the proximity of castles or similar buildings which so numerously can be found in my city. Just kidding of course but it sure is incredible how real some dreams can seem.
Back to Twilight. With New Moon now fully in the works I checked out Chris Weitz’s profile on www.imdb.com. Check it out here. I must say I consider myself relatively open when it comes to new directors that direct one movie out of a series. I liked some of the Harry Potter movies more and some less. You could always clearly recognise the handprint of the director behind the movie. I liked the fifth movie the best by the way.I know there are a lot of people that criticize Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of the movie but then again criticizing is always easy. I think she did a great job and after having seen the extras on the DVD I must say that she seemed very committed to the story and wanted to get it right and also it didn’t seem as if she expected not to be doing New Moon afterwards. I hear and I am not certain that this was the real reason she’s not doing New Moon that she wanted more time for pre production i.e. adjusting the screenplay and for the challenges particularly connected to this second part of the saga for example the long absence of Edward. She said she did not want to jeopardise the balance of the movie since the story of Edward and Bella with all its chemistry was so vital to the movie’s success. Apparently she and the studio had different schedules and they wanted the movie to be released in November 2009 and she wouldn’t have been finished by then.
But what I was originally getting at was whether I liked Chris Weitz’s work so far and I don’t. “About a Boy” was one of the few movies I could hardly watch until the end and I do watch most movies until the end. Most recently the highly disturbing movie with Kim Basinger called “While she was Out”. But About a Boy I just didn’t like. “American Pie” was a funny movie and when we were teenagers definitely quite entertaining. But I think it takes a little bit more than that to transform the second Twilight book into a successful movie. But who am I to criticize his work before it’s even finished. From what I’ve heard they’re shooting scenes with Patterson where Edward will appear in Bella’s thoughts everytime she plans to do something dangerous. So that seems to be a good idea to avoid keeping Edward out of the picture for too long. We’ll just have to be patient until November. Such a long time… But since the date has been set for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince just this week for July 15th we have something to look forward to for this sommer and it’s been too long since The Order of the Phoenix so I really can’t wait. I don’t even remember how everybody looks like!
What I also wanted to talk about before I release myself into the weekend is how great House has become during the last weeks and not only because most of the other shows have yet again inexplicably disappeared into another hiatus and therefore left me with no other choice than to focus my whole anticipation towards House. No, the show has improved. I must say that I was getting a little tired of the repetitive storylines last season and even fell behind in watching the episodes which normally NEVER happens. But ever since that great episode House’s Head (or something like that) at the end of last season I was again totally into the happenings at Princeton - Plainsborough. So Kutner has committed suicide since Kal Penn got a job offer from D.C. he just couldn’t resist and therefore had to be written out of the show. The docters and especially House have to deal with the aftermath of Kutner’s death and some deal with it differently than others. House questions his mojo since he didn’t see Kutner’s death coming and he normally sees everything coming, Wilson starts over and puts Amber’s death behind him which suddenly makes her appear in House’s mind…but that’s another story and finally Chase proposes to Cameron. Oh and I almost forgot, we see Taub crying in the hall which was so heartbraking that I joined in and cryed as well. That’s what I do. The last episode ended with Amber appearing leaning on House’s piano while he’s playing and while most of us are certainly happy to have Anne Dudek back the Greys Anatomy viewers of us surely hope this won’t turn into a Denny/Izzie Ghost sex sequel. I must say I couldn’t take it. But according to the producers it won’t so let’s just stay tuned to what they have planned for us. And by the way it wouldn’t do any harm if the other shows came back right about now. Yes Greys, Housewives, Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters - It’s you I’m talking about
C-ya
P.S. I just read on Twilighters.org that when asked on his homepage whether he will be making the music for New Moon Carter Burwell commented that Chris Weitz has hired somebody else to compose the music for the Twilight sequels. Without having listened to the previous works of this Alexandre Desplat I am quite disappointed. I love the Score by Carter Burwell and actually am presently listening to it.
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Uncategorized, Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Movies, House, Brothers & Sisters, Books, Gossip Girl, twilight | April 17th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
It’s been ages since I’ve logged on. Summer’s on the way and together with the temperature the mood increases. I’ve been sick for some months now and am gradually getting better. I lost a molar on the way which was frustrating but there are worse things so I’m just dealing with it. Of course I haven’t neglected watching TV which I had more time for than usual since I wasn’t able to run that much or do anything in this direction for that matter. To make things worse my Chinese doctor advised me to do without meat, wheat, oats or milk for a while since apparently that weakens my immune system. So there went everything I loved to eat. Obviously there is worse but still it was quite an adjustment.
Oh, yeah I’m a Twilight fan now. It was bound to happen and I watched the movie first which I liked and then I started to read the books. Now I bought both of the soundtracks which are really great and get you in the mood of the movie. And last week I finally got my Twilight dvd special. Got to support the industry with New Moon on the way. I heard the casting is final and it seems they got a great cast together. All names are listed under news on the Summit’s website I really like must of the characters and couldn’t pick out one favorite although I can particularly identify with Alice and I love Ashley Green playing her. But then again there couldn’t be more chemistry between Kristen and Rob and I also love Esme’s character played by Elizabeth Reaser. When I first saw Reaser in the Movie I was suprised of how much I liked her character and how much I disliked her character in Greys Anatomy when she played Ava. It shows what a great actress she is and I guess that’s a good actor’s intention - that you connect her person with the character she’s playing. Yesterday I watched the movie with the audio commentary by Rob Patterson, Kristen Stewart and Catherine Hardwicke. It is really worth watching and I find it so interesting to find out want happened behind the scenes, how they filmed what, the difficulties, inside jokes etc. I found this article on www.ew.com where Mandy Bierly lists all the bests parts of the audio commentary. So go ahead and read it and then watch the real thing. Afterwards you will know “everything”.
Apart from Twilight I’m also very excited about the new third season of The Tudors on Showtime. I loved the first two seasons especially because of the character of Anne Boleyn played by Natalie Dormer. Last season’s finale was just awesome and really well acted and should have won all sorts of awards. Did itby the way? I’m not sure. Since I’ve only watched the first episode of season 3 I’ve just been able to get a first impression. I like Jane and how she tries to influence King Henry into doing the right things. I heard that Stephenie Meyer originally had Henry Cavill who playes Charles Brandon in mind for the role of Edward Cullen and then later for Carlisle Cullen but he had to decline both times. I think the casting choices both for Peter Facinelli and Robert Pattinson were just right and Henry Cavill has his good place with The Tudors. The problem with historic series is that you normally know whats going to happen except if you’re not well-aquainted with that specific part of history. And is it just me or is King Henry really the must awful King there was back then. Yes I think that is a fact and he had this bad reputation and I’m just really uninformed. But since I am I can go into this season absolutely spoilerfree and excited.
And my last thought for today is this weeks “Ask Ausiello” on www.ew.com I was reminded that my dear “Privileged” has not been renewed for a second season yet and that we won’t know anything until the beginning of May. I hope they make the right decision. Should they renew the season EVERYONE has to tune in. I liked the show from the beginning although I must admit it didn’t have that much depth in the first episodes as it could have had. But over the course of the season the storylines have really evolved as have the characters and it would be such a waste to cancel the show. It is a relief that I’m not standing alone with my opinion and that Michael Ausiello plans to do whatever it takes to convince Dawn Ostroff :-))
So long!
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Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, Privileged, twilight, The Tudors | April 16th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
I watched the first three episodes of “Monk” season 7 the other day. I think it’s comforting to know that you can always depend on this show being entertaining. It’s really sad and I hadn’t heard until then that Stanley Kamel playing Dr. Charles Kroger had died of a heart attack in April of this year. They dedicated the season’s premiere episode to him. Actually I wondered afterwards that they must have started filming the new episodes before April and that when Kamel passed they had to re-shoot the sequences when Monk’s in therapy. Dr Bell played by Hector Elizondo (Hotel Manager in Pretty Woman) was introduced and I think he is an excellent successor to Kamel. I guess they just changed the setting of his office and sat him in the chair and replaced the scenes. Well, they had no choice did they? Other interesting factor in “Mr Monk buys a House” was the guest appearance of Brad Garrett (Robert Barone in Everybody loves Raymond) as Jake Phillips a.k.a. Honest Jake who turns out to be “The Guy”. I mentioned recently that I was rewatching the whole ELR series so it was a surprise seeing “Robert” as the murderer. But it was fun to watch nevertheless. The following two episodes were great as well especially the one with the check player who kills his wife (Mr Monk and the Genius) and always seems to be one step ahead of Mr Monk but of course in the end Mr Monk gets him.
I love this time of the year. Finally the weather is so great that you can go to the beach and sit outside late into the evening, have barbecues and not have to wear 800 coats before you leave the house. What makes everything even better is that one after one the first shows are coming back on the air. For me Monk and Weeds were the shows that kicked of my TV season 2008/2009. It’s all very exciting and at this point I do appreciate every new episode just a little bit more than during mid season but really we’re just talking about a little bit here.
Last week was a good week. I celebrated my birthday and had some friends over. Apart from the getting older part the weekend was a blast and I love when all your friends come together. I also spent the first night ever in a camper. For someone like me a big deal. Usually when I travel I prefer not to share my bathroom with fellow travellers and I do not mean to sound spoiled but I really do like hotels and hotel restaurants for that matter. I was prepared for the worst though and I was coming along voluntarily so I intended to live like a real camper and not to complain..out loud… for that matter. I think it might have been different had it rained those couple of days but we were blessed with the best summer weather and after a while I really enjoyed it (the nature). Then on the other hand after two and a half days I was glad I was to see my own bathroom again and refrigerated food but while we were “out there” I was totally in the spirit of things. I must say though that the bathroom concept on those campers needs work. I definitely can’t befriend the idea that you have to dispose of what is in the toilet at the end of the trip. I think pipes are a wonderful invention. I therefore preferred to just follow the call of nature outside which wasn’t that easy given the fact that we were parked on the parking lot of a well-frequented sports club. But what’s life without the risk of being discovered while peeing?! It is also strange how loud trees can be at night when there’s a little wind blowing and you’re so close by i.e. no real walls separating you from the wildness. It can actually keep you from sleeping at least during your first night in a camper…Anyway when I was exclaiming that I was pretty proud I was holding up so well and in fact had hardly complained the whole stay my sister informed me that what we were doing was hardly camping but some luxurious version of camping. The real camping does not include a camper but a tent and there isn’t even a toilet but it can get as bad as that you have to do your business into a urin container. And can you believe it camping isn’t even that inexpensive. Well I draw the line at having to pee in a container… and I need a bed… and a door…
The first spoilers for the fall tv season are coming out and it’s really hard to elude oneselve from all the information. I’m really excited about a lot of established shows and where the producers will take them this season. For one there’s Desperate Housewives. I think the leap in time was a smart move and probably the next season will spend most of it’s time demonstrating to the viewers on how the characters landed were they did in last season’s finale. Greys Anatomy should also become interesting with the relationship between Callie and Hahn as well as Izzie and Alex. I hope that all these rumors about Katherine Heigl leaving the show will finally come to an end. I swear that her leaving the show would seriously damage it. She belongs to the key characters and you can’t just cut them out one by one. And apart from some annoying scenes last season I do like her character and consider her a vital cast member. I hope that they get rid of Ava or Rebecca or whatever her name is. She’s been in the show long enough and she’s starting to really annoy me. Of course I can’t wait for Brothers & Sisters. All this gossip about Balthazar Getty and Sienna Miller just reminded me of how much I really miss the show. I hope the story won’t repeat itself too much and the plot evolving around the mysterious sibling “Ryan” will be something new and not the “Rebecca” story all over again. “Entourage” is scheduled for some time this fall and I must say: it’s about time. It’ll be almost a year since we last saw Vince and his entourage in Cannes. Oh yes and I can’t wait to see Ari (Jeremy Piven) again. Will cross thumbs for the Emmys.
Ok am suddenly too tired to continue writing. Will rest and be back.
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Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, Entourage, weeds | August 3rd, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Hello my friends. It has been a long time since I’ve posted and many things have happened:
1. I have bought the most beautiful and most comfortable little car. It’s blue and has seat heating and air condition and a cup holder - yes the cup holder is vital! I’m very proud and just a tiny bit hysterical about it. I’m one of those people who stands next to her car when somebody tries to park next to it just to watch whether he or she might accidentally damage it. Yesterday we were down by the river and a car came towards me - 4 senior citizens sitting in it and the very confident and at the same time very old driver had to swerve to the right to pass my car. He did do that and came dangerously close to my car and I naturally started to yell and made wild hand gestures but he just smiled and passed my car with perhaps 1 inch in between. The old man made me feel like a stupid beginner (which I’m not) and I sware he couldn’t have known his car so well that he knew that there was still one inch. Yes I know. This is not really an exciting story…
2. More exciting is the fact that I mastered my first Marathon and am still alive! yey! It was the most exciting thing I have ever done. It was so hot that day and for the majority of the runners the first warm day of the season. Except for the travellers amongst us nobody had had the chance to train under these temperatures. Even before I crossed the start line I experienced side pains which accompanied me until kilometre 18 or so. Therefore I said good-bye to my time goals and replaced them with one goal - to arrive in time before they closed the finishing line. What went on in my head during km 27-32 or so is hardly describable. It is a battle between your mind and your body and your mind again. My mind kept telling me to stop, to lie down to rest and against all my ambitions to abort the race. Then another voice started speaking up and it felt as if two voices in my head (no, I am not crazy and yes other runners are experiencing the same) fought over what I was supposed to do. In the end I kept running and the elation I felt during the last few kilometres can not be compared to anything else I have ever experienced. I think finishing a marathon will always be a very special and extremely satisfying feeling but running into the home stretch and crossing the finishing line for the very first time in your life will be something that you will never forget. I just decided to buy two photos they shot of me during the final minutes. These companies must make a fortune since the pictures are totally overpriced but what are you going to do. Gotta have those pictures so that I can admire them forever.
3. Our shows are back - at least some of them. I really enjoy Desperate Housewives and especially the evolving relationship between Bree and Katherine as well as Gossip Girl. The show has developed its own special dynamic and really is entertaining to watch. Also Greys Anatamy is back and is it only me or have they increased the level of how much bowels and loose scalp we get to see? I hope they’re not doing that to up the quotes. Really, that’s not the reason I’m tuning in. Apart from that the storyline was fine and it was nice to see all the characters back in all their glory.
OK, will hopefully be back soon with more on Brothers & Sisters, Men in Trees etc.
Tags: Marathon 2008, Marathon, Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives, Greys anatomy
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Gossip Girl | May 2nd, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Hey to all of you who haven’t watched the greys two-parter yet: you are for once excused from having to read my blog. 
Was last week’s Greys “Crash Into Me (2)” the best episode of this season so far or what?? While the first part was a good average the second part left me stunned and in my opinion it was the best episode of this season so far (I might be repeating myself!). The episode left off right where part one ended. Lexie had her hands full with saving Nick’s (Seth Green) life, his blood splashing all over her and the hospital. This kept her distracted from the fact that Ava or Rebecca had returned and claimed Alex as her boyfriend or whatever they define their relationship. I don’t like the character of Rebecca and the game she’s playing. I think its stupid that she calls herself Eva when she’s around Alex and for all the others she remains Rebecca.
Meredith and the Chief were doing their best to save Ray’s life (Ray was the one who got stuck in the ambulance). I love the scene where Meredith, while stabilizing Ray - tells Hahn to shut up. I love how Hahn reacted. (later more on Hahn) While saving Ray’s life and convincing Jacob’s wife to stay in the hospital and wait for Ray to recover from surgery Meredith had the epiphany that no matter how painful it might be she would rather stay with someone - this someone being Derek - than end up alone.
Derek on the other hand was getting busy with Nurse…. I forgot her name.. “I am an imperfect person” that’s what she described herself. Thanks to 3 semesters computer sciences at Santa Cruz University she was able to restart the Neuronavigational system on the computer in the OR and therefore helped to save a patient’s life. She was rewarded for this with a kiss and very politely thanked Derek afterwards. A few minutes later Meredith chose to inform him about her wish that he was to longer meet with other women and before he was able to respond she hushed him and jumped away.
In my opinion the writers (should they ever write again) could write an entire episode around Dr Erica Hahn, Sloan and perhaps also Callie. Seeing them together in the OR and later in the resident lounge was just perfect. This dialogue which I found on www.tv.com was one of my favorites:
Erica: This is gonna sound bizarre. I realize at this point that this is gonna sound bizarre, but… Any chance you people want to get a drink with me?
Sloan: Why would we want to do that?
Callie: (To Sloan) She’s saying she needs a friend.
Sloan: Okay.Fine.Let’s drink.
Erica: You won’t hit on me?
Sloan: I can’t promise that.
Erica: If I say please?
Callie: (To Erica) He still can’t promise that.
Erica: (After a pause to think) Fine.
And finally there’s Bailey struggling to balance her personal life and her job. George became the messenger when Bailey who was late for a date with her husband asked him to ask her husband to wait so that she could save the life of this nazi guy. Her husband - obviously used to being kept waiting - was less understanding than she’d hoped and after telling George that he was done waiting - left the hospital. George whose friendship with Bailey has grown over the last months had to inform her about this - mid surgery. Memorable was George when he told the nazi guy that would it have been him alone in the OR, the guy would probably be dead by now. I must confess that I’m not the biggest fan of T.R. Knight but his acting in this episode was indeed remarkable.
Oh I forgot Christina. She remained upset that Bailey had pulled her off Hahn’s case and confonted her at the end of the day for using her because of her skin color. I liked her speech although I think it was a little dramatic of Christina. Anyway you just had to love her when she comforted Lexie who had just lost her patient and brought her home to Meredith. When Meredith (who had obviously expected Derek) looked at Lexie suprised Christina just said “She has no one” and the expression on her face was just priceless. And then they all danced including George and Izzie who realized that evening that due to timing and not chemistry (yeah right) they would not make it as a couple - at least for now.
All in all a perfect episode!
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Tags: Crash into me part 2, crash into me greys anatomy, greys anatomy, ellen pompeo, T R Knight, Seth green, ABC Greys Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey, Chyler Leigh, Sanrda Oh, Justin Chambers, Brooke Smith, chandra wilson
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows | December 11th, 2007 by admin | No Comments
While drinking tea this morning I read an article in last month’s Cosmo about the five most dangerous places for women nowadays. 1. Parking lots (obviously!) 2. Cabs (Didn’t know that) 3. Streets on your way home (goes well with point one) 4. your car (always lock your doors!) and 5. at home (where I feel totally safe now) read more at www.cosmopolitan.com or borrow my copy. I’m actually very aware of above mentioned potential dangers and was already following almost all of the rules that they advise you to follow in that article. I think you should always be careful, conscientious and aware. You might consider it a waste of precious time or feel that people might make fun of your cautiousness or ridicule you (I have experienced the latter myself) but at the end of the day it’s our life we’re talking about and I never want to be in the situation were I tell myself “if only I’d been more careful” or “I shoulda done that…”. This doesn’t only apply to personal safety but also to other aspects in your day-to-day life. If people in your environment choose to be negligent or incautious about certain things it doesn’t mean that you have to be yourself and I tend to fight people on certain subjects but if they adhere to their opinions then drop it and let them make their own decisions.
Okay enough of my life wisdom for today. Whats new on the TV horizon?
Friday Night Lights gets better every week. “Let’s get it on” was just excellent. I loved the home scenes between Eric and Tamy. Connie Britton is so amazingly hilarious (I know I’m repeating myself). It’s also highly appreciated that Matt actually had lines that consisted of more than four words when 1. he told the coach how he and the team felt about him leaving Dillon and heading off to TMU and then coming back and expecting everyone to celebrate his return 2. he cancelled the date with Julie and informed her that he would not jump when she suddenly decided to want him back. You go Matt! There isn’t really anything to criticize about this episode. The writers just created the perfect scenes and even gave questionable plots like the “dead assaulter brings Landry and Tyra together and therefore makes Landry’s father suspicious storyline” the required depth. And last but not least how can you not love Lyla’s character. Excellent acting and a load of chemistry, tension and everything during the scenes of Lyla, Tim and Jason in Mexico.
Greys Anatomy’s “Kung-Fu Fighting” had a lot of the old Greys’s spark back. Shanna on the TV-Cocktail gives a fine description on this episode. How brilliant were the 3 attendings and the Chief together? They could cancel Private Practice and create a Spin-Off with Hahn, Webber, Steamy and Dreamy and we would be having the best time ever watching it. It’s also nice to see “pretty and prettier” (Dr. Hahn called Shephard and Sloan that) getting along again.
And reading the NY Times yesterday I found this article about the WGA strike explaining the content of the strike, the demands of the writers (which in my opinion are totally justified) and the consequences a strike similar to the one in 1988 could have for the industry. I seriously hope both sides don’t let it go too far.
So gotta get back to work now. Bye for now!
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Tags: Cosmopolitan, Friday Night Lights, Connie britton, Tyra and landry, let\\\\\\\'s get it on, Lyla Garrity, WGA Strike, NY times, Grays anatomy, Izzy and george, Mc steamy, Mc dreamy, Erica hahn, Kong
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Friday Night Lights | November 6th, 2007 by admin | No Comments